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11 And then[a] if they accept your terms of peace[b] and they surrender to you,[c] and then[d] all the people inhabiting it[e] shall be forced labor for you, and they shall serve you. 12 But if they do not accept your terms of peace[f] and they want to make war with you, then you shall lay siege against it.[g] 13 And Yahweh your God will give it into your hand, and you shall kill all its males with the edge[h] of the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “if peace they reply to you”
  3. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “they open to you”
  4. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “and it will happen”
  5. Deuteronomy 20:11 Literally “being found in it”
  6. Deuteronomy 20:12 Literally “not they make peace with you”
  7. Deuteronomy 20:12 That is, the city
  8. Deuteronomy 20:13 Literally “mouth”